chris christie is well positioned for that. his speech today is talking about other republican governors and their records in their states. he's chairman of the republican governors' association. so he's going to be able to go around raising money for republican gubernatorial candidates and extolling the positive record that these governors are building in their states. and that's what this year is going to be, you know, beneficial to candidates is if they figure out how to use it to make this about something more than just themselves and more than just about, you know, them going to iowa and new hampshire and south carolina and nevada, the four earliest states on the republican side, you know, endless numbers of time toes. we will judge them consciously or unconsciously on how much they've done to advance the broader cause. jenna: on the subject of fundraising and also the midterm elections, just a quick final thought from you, karl, on this. "the new york times" has an editorial today that says republicans placed the wrong be